Method of making heat resisting yarn and cord, and the cord



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METHOD OF MAKING HEAT RESISTING YARh AND CORD, AND THE CORD Filed March -13, 1940 LOAD E aa wwywa ATTORNEYS cost relative'to Y PatentedSepL-Z, 1941 s' PAT BN1; .o'FF-ic-E men or nnsrsmo YARNANDCOBILQND'I'HB CORD slsmmn swinmauswmnm Gninan. Northampton, Mala, United; States Rubber Company,

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N. m.- a corporation oi' New Jeraey, and Hanna teacomranr tion of a en. mm, ma

Application Mai-ch13, rm, Serial No, 323,105 so Claims. (01. 51-139) our invention relates to the construction oi a cord for use in the reeniorcement oi rubber articlesgenerally and pneumatic. tire casings in par .ticular. This. application is a continuation in part of our depending application Serial No.

' 238,062, illed October 20, .1938.

One object of our invention is the provision oi a cord for the above purposes which shall be resistant to high operating temperaturesand at the same time the properties-t flexibility and resistance to iat kll a combination or properties particularly desirable in casinga'belts, and belting. v

e A further object is the provisionot a method oi' such a cord.

pneumatic tire Otherand iurther objects residing in details at construction and method will be made anparentin, the following speciiication and claims;

(lotion is: the material mcst'generally used in constructing cords for tire manuiacture. Ordinaryxcotton cord. which has a normal moisture content oi between 8% and 'l% -,=has v that'as it loses its normalimoisturegeontent i tensile strensth rapidly. Conventional cotton cord when bone iron 80% to 4.0% of its tensile strenzth as compared with;

The caustic alkali or equivalent treatment-to I which we subject the yarnsis a m ercerizing proc- ;ess,i n the commercial, chemical and mechanical significance of that term, but whereas the usual purpose of mercerization is to impart luster to the yarn, we employ the process for the heat resisting eiiect which we have found it imparts to. the cotton.- We, therefore, change or adjust all elements of the mercerizinx process to secure the maximum llor example; by the substantial tension, above mentioned we mean in'exce'es or that necessary merely to produce a lustr,' although luster may be present. ,We-have also ioufid that with the,

its strength when containing its normal moisture content. In truckand bus'serviee. h 11181! speeds andheavyzloads now commonlyresult in operating temperatures in the tire carcass which-have the steel: of driving thamoisture iron the cord,'and'this has caused the art to tur'nto other materialasuchas rayon. Rayon in- ;creases in tensile strength as its moisture content a property which renders it capable oiwithstanding the blah operating temperatures which, because of their action. are de structive to ordinary cotton cords.

n. itsreiatively high ductility which'results inatendency io'r'tires made from 11; to grow," its poor natural adhesion to rubber to increase its adhesion to'rubber. andthe'iact um; its. rapidly when subjected to em moisture; in 'tir'e-i'ailurewhen water is to'enterarayon tincarcassthmmha "out, in, or theabrasive wear oi, the tire tread, whereas cottonlnereasesin strength when wet.

we have round that when cotton-in a yarniormisniblectedundersubstantialtemiontotbe manydissclvantaares, however, as compared-with cotton, among which maybe mentioned its high P att"? 8 W t e oi the wash water should be lowered; i'qrexamplaifior ordinary mercerizing purposes the or the 'wash water'is around 169 R, we employ awash water temperature around; It, a de-' I er-ease oi. 25%. s Y

Tm? 331.11 hydr ted with our purposes in view,

appears somewhat'rag ged'and its dyeing proper-w ties impaired in that it dyts-liaht. features .which are undesirable in meroerized "yarn vfor ordinary and indicative oi independence 0!, and departure from. usual standards and practica, v awe are awarethat the use conventionally merceriaed iabricsf in has been suagested 1 iorjvarious purposes such as securins better runimpresnation; we however. that we tooo'tton to propose a cord Wm of gn fer nn mu that a 'mercerlzing or;-

' similar p operly carried out imparts heat ce es m be e In theaccompanying drawing: 3

oia coni embodying our invention approximately 200 diameters;

of heat resistance, consistent with securing the. other desirable properties in a tire cord, without reierenceto the presence or absence of luster.

I"lg. -1 is'a drawinsi iroma photomicrocraph I Fig. 2 is a drawing from a photomicrograph showing a further enlargement (approximately 1900 diameters) of a portion of a cross-section of a cord such as shown in Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a graph showing the stress-strain characteristics of a cord embodying our invention when tested under normal moisture conditions.

The treatment of cotton yarns according to our invention can be carried out with ordinary yam mercerizing equipment, modified if necessary to permit of subjecting the yarn during mercerization to the desired tension. Preferably the en-' tire hydrating process from the first preliminary steps, such as wetting, through the final drying steps, is carried out without release of the tension during or between the various steps, and as a continuous operation with the yarns in a warp formation or bundles of warps, as by the use of a so-called warp mercerizing machine. Preferably the tension is built up by increments during the various steps of the hydrating process to give the processed yarn the desired per cent of elongation. When a skein mercerizing machine is used the stretching tension is usually released between steps. As seen by a comparison of Tables I and III, with Table II, tests indicate a higher bone dry strength efiiciency for the continuous operation. Similarly, the constitution of the caustic bath, the neutralizing bath, and the sequence of these with the washing operations may follow the usual mercerizing practice with such alterations as may be later indicated or which will be apparent to the skilled mercerizing technician from the present specification. For con- I venience we use the term mercerization in the following discussion, as applied to our treatment of cotton yams, but it will be understood that the term as so used is to be construed as subject to the limitations and distinctions above pointed out.

In a similar manner we employ the term unregenerated hydrated cellulose to indicate the nature of cotton entering into our cord construction, that is, cotton whose cellulose has been modified in a manner characteristic of the action thereon of a strong hydroxide such as caustic soda or by equivalent treatments, some of the physical manifestations of which are a removal of the gums and waxes and a swelling of the cellulose.

In carrying out our invention the first step is a mercerizing treatment of the cotton in a yarn form under substantial tension. The tension may be varied over a substantial range, but from the viewpoint of conventional mercerizing practice it is preferably hig 'terms of stretch, satisfactory results have been obtained by applying suiilcient tension on the yarn during mercerization to increase its length by 5% or more. However, reasonably satisfac-' tory results have been obtained with lower ten- .sions by which the yarn length is increased by 1% or less. In general, the best results are secured by tensions of the higher order.

Obviously the tension applied cannot exceed the totalstrain capacity of the yarn and such capacity will vary with such factors .as the kind, quality, and staple length of the fibers from which the yarn. is made. The actual figures given in the following, tables are, therefore, illustrative only. 7

The followink table is indicative of the effect of various tensions on the bone dry strength emstand. For that reason, among others, we carry our the mercerizing step with the yarn in multi- 30 s/2/3/3 cord construction,

cable, each ply of which consists of 3 piles of a Considering tension in I ciency of the finished cord, zero stretch being rated as 100%:

Tests I Skein mercerized Bone dry Tension dur ng hydration in terms or i stretch imparted to the yarn 532% Rating Percent l8.% 100 27.32 149 28.66 156 30.68 167 33. 76 184 For proper mercerizing treatment, for our purposes, the yarn must be soft or loosely twisted to permit as nearly, complete a penetration of the mercerizing liquids as is practical, and the range of tensions indicated above as being desirable is above that which a single yarn so twisted can plyform, and employ for a 30' yarn, for example, 18 turns of twist in the single yarn and 11 to 12 turns of reverse twist in the ply. These limitations, imposed by the mercerizing process we employ, complicate the subsequent construction of the yarns into a tire cord, since the twists suitable for such mercerizing are usually unsatisfactory in a tire cord construction. We propose two general procedures in meeting these complications. According to the first, we mercerize a multi-ply yarn and employ an additional plying operation in the construction of the cord. For example, we may mercerize a 30 8/2 yarn, ply 3 of these yarns to form a 30 s/2/3 for the cable ply, and cable three of these together to form a that is a 3-ply 2-ply 30' yarn.

In following the second procedure we mercerize a multi-ply yarn containing the number of plies desired in the cable ply. To meet the mercerizing requirement that the yarn and ply twist must be low enough to permit thorough liquid penetration during the mercerization, only a portion of the desired yarn and ply twist is imparted prior to mercerization, and the multi-ply yarn is retwisted after mercerization to bring th ply twist to the desired character, both as to amount and direction. For example. we may mercerize a soft, loosely twisted, l2 s/4 yarn and, after retwisting it to the desired amount, cable 2 of the multi-ply yarns to form a 12 3/4/2 construction -that is a 2-ply cable, each ply of which is made up of 4 piles of 12 s yarn.

By the procedures above given, a wide range of cord constructions may be made.

As previously stated, the multi-ply yarn must be soft and loosely twisted at the time of mercerization; that is, the number of turns of yarn twist and ply twist are low. It should be borne in mind that the degree of twist and in some cases the direction of twist originally given the yarn will be alteredby the subsequent ply twisting, and

.bothyarn and ply twist will be altered by the cable twisting. In otherwords, the residuar yarn and ply twists in the finished cord may be different in degree and/or direction from the manufacturing twists originally" given them. We take advantage of this in both procedures above outlined-to secure on the one hand a twist condition in the multl-ply yam desirable for mercerization, and on the other hand the desired twist condition in the finished cord. For exampie, in a 12 8/4/2 construction such as referred to ural cotton and a swelling oi the fibers, both above-using the symbols 8 and z to indicate the y oi which result in an increase in the irictional direction oi twist and indicating the. degree oi ce oi the fibers toslippase. The moisture twist in turns per inch-we may give the single regain at 65% relative humidity and 70 F. is yer-n10 turns oi-s twist and ply iour such yarns 5 increased to 8% or more. The tensioning oi together with 6 turns of a twist which will leave the yarn during hydration. preferably to a dea residual twistoi 4 turns '01 s in the single yarns. sree which imparts a permanent elongation or Under these twist conditions the tour-ply yarn is stretch to the cord, tendsboth to bring the fibers sufliciently soit and'loose ior thorough merceriinto closer and more intimate .frictional contact cation. Aiter mercerizing the iour-ply yarn may 10 and to bring the fibers into parallelism. The

be given 24 additional turnsoistwist which have extreme density of our co d s pp t f o the effect oi increasing the single twist to 28 Fig. 1, which is a cross-section of a 30 /2/3/3 turns. oi s twist, while changing the ply twist cord embodying our invention. The yarn plies irom 6 z to 18 turns oi e twist. We may now and intermediate plies are-substantially indiscable two of these four-ply yarns togethnusing 15 cernlble. In Fig. 2 the close engagement oi the 10.5 turns oi z' twist, with the result-that the yarn hydrated fibers and their wide surface contact and ply twists are further changed so that the are clearly evident.

' final twist relationship, is (single yarns twist The'iollowing table is indicative of some of 17.5 s), (ply twist 7.5 .9), (cable twist 10.5 2). It the physical characteristics oi our cord.

TssLsII A a c n n F Construction ao-z/a "ao lz/aa sols/a 275 a 2153 sc -23s -Fiberlength l l life Continufis 192e I144 c rdzam... .030 .0285 .0275 .ors .0349 ..o275 Oordsisenormal 1.2145 1.457 1.519 1.35 1.21 1.420 Cord size bone 1. 45a 1. 574 1. e41 51 1. 2e 1. 540 Tensile normal 1 l9. 9 21. 4 2s. 2 .s 19. 7e 19. a Tensile bone dry 13.9 21. 2 2a a 24. e 14. s 20. 0 Strength eiilciency normal 26.71 31.18 35.24 I 27.45 23.87 27.52 Strength efllcioncy bone dry 27.47 32.07 37.88 37.2 19.06 31.00 Btre at 10 lbs. normal 8.52% aw, I 6.6% 7.5% 15.04% 4.1%

- 1 Normal 6-7 moisture regain at 65% B. H. at 70 F. for natural cotton cord. Normal 845.5% moisture regain at 667 B; at 70 F. for unregensrated hydrated cellulose cord. Normal 12% moisture regain at 66% R. H. at 70? it iorra on cord.

. N orr.-Merceriz carried out on a warp machine.

will be understood that'ior the sake oi simplicity Cord A in the above tablewas formed iron the twists in the above illustration have been a two-ply sohydrated unregenerated cellulose given in round numbers and certain iactors, such rn he hydration being carried out under ten- ,as friction and be'ndingoi the fibers, which in sion which imposed a 1% stretch on the yarns.

practice render the additions and subtractions oi Cord B was constructed in a similar manner from twists close approximations rather than exact as 40. the same grade oi yarn u h dra under a given above. have been ignored. Thisisbelieved tension which imposed a 5% stretch on the suiiicient to illustrate the procedure by which we yams. Cord C diflered irom cord 3 only in the meet the coniiming twist requirements oi the use of alonger staple cotton. It will be-noted mercerizing p and tire cord construction. that in each case the normal and bone. dry ten- It might be pointed out that in the 30 8/2/3/3 slice of the hydrated unregenerated cellulose construction, abovereierred to, by-suitableseleccord .are substantially the same, whereas there tion of the twists subsequent to mercerization, the is a substantial drop in-the tensile oi natural cotoriginal singles yarn twist'ean be removed so that ion cord under bone dry conditions as shown the 30 8/2/3/3 es in eflecta 15.8/3/3.. under ,E. It will-also be noted thatthe 8136 8 We have. iound that cords thus made irom 5o ,efllciency bo y o he hy ed un fl n imregenerated hydrated cellulose not only retain ell sev 01 1.18 not only high in value, but

uieir tensile strength when deprived of their a hi he n the nbrmal strensth n r. which normal moisture content. but in fact show an relationship is thereverse oi natural cotton. In inc in tensile strength when tested in a any case the stretch oi the unregenerated hybone dry condition as with their rated cellulosecord at 10 lbs. load is low, when strength when testedwith a normal moisture mpared with that oi a natural cotton cord content. While the increase in. tensile strength of comparable construction as indicated in is less in degree than that of rayon under sim- Tables II and 111. t

ilar conditions, it is suiiicient to protect the cord- A iurther novel characteristic oi our cord is against failure under the high operating temiound in the character oi its stress-strain curve peratures encountered in truck and bus service. when its stretch at 10 lbs. load (normal) is low- While we have also iound that cords madeaced ppreciably below 5%. At a inFis- 3 is cording to our invention tend to lose their shown the type oi stress-strain curve exhibited strength when subjected to excessive moisture. by our cord when .1 a stretch s 10 this loss is less in degree than is the case with lbs. no m pn matins that oi cords A. B, rayon, The gdhegionpf rubber to cords made and C in Table II. It will be noted that with according to our invention equals' or excels the reflect t0 1 direction 01 concavity curve G is adhesion of rubber to conventional cotton cords. similar to that of a natural cotton cord. the

"The structural characterlstic'soi our cord rerve f which 1 Shown in dotted line. at c; gumng from th i l nd m h i al that is, the curvatureis concave upwardly. when treatment to which we subject the fibers-oi the however. he stretch of I our cord at 10 lbe. 'yarn and the yarn itseli are reflected in the normal is somewhat reduced, as in cord]? of novel physical properties of the finished cord. 1 Table II, the curvature of its stress-strain curve The hydration oi the cellulose 'iibers results is reversed-as shown at :c in Fig. 3, becoming in a removal oi-the gums and waxes oi the nat- 7s concavedownwardly and is thus similar, with caustic solution respect to the direction of its concavity, the

stress-strain curve of rayon which is shown in dot-dash line at r. The reduction of stretch in our cord to effect this reversal may be brought about in various ways. as by twisting under tension, as was done in the caseof cord F in Table II; by stretching it is built into a tire or during such building; or

the finished cord either before by the strains imposed on the cord in the initial use of the tire; or by a combination oil such means. Cords such as A, B, and C of Table II, for example, when built into a tire and subjected to working strains will, upon removal from the tire, shown a downwardly concave stre strain curve such as shown at r in Fig. 3. lit will be understood that the pointof reversal of curvature cannot be determined exactly because the many variations that enter intothe numerous manufacturingoperations and the materials involved. In general the reversal will The above results indicate-that, in these!!- struction given, the hydration of the yarns has increased the strength emciency oi! the cord by 9.6% when taken on a normal moisture basis.

and by 37.8% when taken on a bone dry basis. The cord is reduced in size approximately 2.5%, and in gauge .0005 or 1.7%. The stretch under the above conditionsv is decreased from 13.0%

- It will be understood that our invention a not limited to any specific twist combination and that we are able to take advantage 0! the full range of twist combinations to secure, as may be desired, those cord properties which are dependcut on twist.

We claim: 1. The method of treating unregenerated cellulose .yarns for use in tire cords'and the like which comprises hydrating the cellulose of the take place when the stretch at 10 lbs. normal is appreciably below 4.1% stretch of cord F in Table III.

For a given cord made according to our invention the stretch at lbs. normal will be lower,

as for example the the higher the'stretch imposed on the two-ply The direction of curvature oi! the stress-strain curve of a natural cotton cord, as far as we have I been able to determine, cannot be reversed by lowering its stretch.

yarns while subjecting the yarns to sumcient tension to effect a permanent elongation thereof.

2. The method or treating unregenerated cellulose yarns for use which, comprises hydrating the cellulose 01 the yarns while subjecting the yarns to suflicient tension to effect a permanent elongation thereof,

the yarns being held under tension throughout the treatment and until dry:

The graphs of Fig. 3 and the above tables indicate that mercerizing, .or otherwise hydrating, the unregenerated cellulose ton, in yarn form and under a stretching tension, imparted to our cord some of the advantageous properties of continuous filament rayon while obtaining the advantages oi! a relatively high wet strength which rayon does not have.

The extent to which some or the results we obtain are due to the hydration of the unregenerated cellulose, under stretching tension, is clearly indicated by the following table which shows the test results, and analysis of, two cords G and H identical in construction and treatment except for the fact that in the treatment of these cords, H-was immersed in water containing a penetrant in lieu of the hydrating to which cord G wassubjected. The treatment in both cases was carried out on a skein mercerizing machine and under a tenor ,the natural cot-' sion which imparted a 5% stretch to the yarn.

TABLE III Skem mercerized ang? eases-5e -3. The method of treating unregenerated cellulose yarns for use in tire cords or the like which comprises hydrating the cellulose 01 the yarns while subjecting the yarns to sumcient tension to eilect substantially 5% permanent elongation of s the yarns.-

. 4. The method at treating unregenerated cellulose yarns for use in tire cords or the like which comprises hydrating the cellulose. of the yarns while subjecting the yarns to suiilcient tension to e'flectthe maximum permanent elon- I gation oithe yarns short or rupture. 5.- Ihe method or treating unregenerated cellulose yarns for use in tire cords or the like which comprises hydrating the cellulose the yarns while subjecting the yarns to suiiicient. tension to efiect substantially-5% permanent elongation of the yarns, the yarnsbeing held under tension throughout the treatment and until dry. 6. The method or treating unregenerated cellulose yarns for use in tire cords or the like which comprises hydrating the yams in. the form of a warp and subjecting the warp during the treatment to suiiicient tension to eflect a permanent elongation or the yarns.

7. The method of treating unregenerated cellulose yarns tor use in tire cords or the like which comprises hydrating the yarns in the form of a warp and subjecting the warp during the treatment to elongation of the yarns oi at least substantial- 8. The method of treating unregenerated .cel-

lulose yarns tor use in tire cords or the like which comprises hydrating thegams in the. form of a warp and subjecting the warp during the treatment to suillcient tension to effect a permanent elongation oi the yarns oi'at least substantially 5%, the warp being maintained under tensi n throughout the treatment and until dry.

9. The method of constructing a cord which comprises treating unregenerated cellulose yarns, under tension, to remove the oils and waxes-from the fibers, twisting together a plurality of so treated yarns to form a cord. and subjecting the cord and its constituent parts to sumcient tension, including the tension imposed on the yards durin tire cords and the like sumcient tension to eflect a permanent asst- 41' ing treatment, to impartto the cord a stretch yarns during treatment, to impart to the cord a stretch at 10 lbs. load of approximately 11. The method of constructing a cord which "single cotton yarns toform a multi-ply' tension, including the tension imposed on the comprises hydrating unregenerated' cellulose yarns under tension, twisting together a plurality of. so treated yarns to form a cord, and subjecting the cord and its constituent parts to sufiicient tension, including the tension imposed on the yarns during hydration, to impartto the cord a stress-strain curve concave downwardly at stretches appreciably below 5% at 10 lbs. load.

' ing together a plurality of said intermediate plies is;

mercerizing the so formed multi-pl'y yarn under tension in excess oi. that which a singleyam is capable .of withstanding, and thereafter twisting a'piurality oi the so mercerized yarns the. I

form of a cabled cord. v

19. The method of constructing a cord for use in pneumatic tire casings and the like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single cotton yarns to form a multi-ply yarn, mercerlzing the so formed multi-ply yarn, twist-l ing together a plurality of the so mercerized yarns into an intermediate ply, and finally twistto form the finished cabled cord.

.20. The-method of constructing a cord easein pneumatic tire casings and the. like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single cotton yarns tov form a multi-ply yarn,

12. The method of constructing a cord which mercerizins "the so formed mult -ply .y m. r

comprises. hydrating unregenerated cellulose yarns in the form of a warp, the warp being maintained under tension throughout the hytwisting the so mercerized multi-ply yam'to.

- change its degree of ply twist and finally twisting drating treatment and until dry, twisting together a pluralityof so treated yarns to form a cord;

and subjecting the cord and its constituent parts to sufiicient tension, including the tension imto the cord a stress-strain curve concave downwardly'at stretches appreciably below 5% at 10 lbs. load.

13. The method of constructing a cord for use in pneumatic tire casings and the like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single cotton yarns to form a multi-ply 'yarn,

a plurality of the re-twlsted yarns in o the form of acabled cord. a

21. The method of constructing a cord, for

- use in pneumatic tire'casings and the like, which posed on the yarns during hydration, to impart hydrating the so-formed multi-ply yarn, and

thereafter twisting a plurality of the so hydrated yarns into the form of a cabled. cord.

14. The method of constructing a cord for use' in pneumatic tire casings and the like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single cotton yarns to form a multi-ply yarn, hydratlng the so formed multi-ply yarn under tension in excess oi that which a single yarn is capable of withstanding, and thereafter twisting a plurality of the so hydrated yarns into the form of a cabled cord.

15. The method of constructing a cord for use in pneumatic tire casings and the like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single cotton yarns to form a multi-ply yarn, hydrating the'so formed multi-ply yarn, twisting together a plurality of the so hydrated yarns into an intermediate ply, and finally twisting together a plurality of said intermediate plies to formthe finished cabled cord. 16. The method-of constructing a'cord for use in pneumatic tire casings and the like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single cotton yarns to form a multi-ply yarn, hydrating the so formed multi-ply yarn. re-twisting the so hydrated multi-ply yarn to change its degree of ply twist and finally twisting a plurality oi the re-twisted yarns into the form of a cable cord. v

17. The method of constructing a cord for use in pneumatic tire casings and the like which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of a multi-ply comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of single unregenerated cellulose fiber yarns to form a multi-ply yarn, removing the oils andwaxes from the fibers and swelling the cellulose thereof by mercerizing the so formed yarns while subjecting the yarns. to sufilcient tension to ef-- from'the fibers and swelling the cellulose there- 'of by mercerizing the so formed yarns while sub-' jecting the yarns to sufilcient tension to effect a permanent elongation of the yarns at least equal to 5% of their original length and thereafter twisting together a plurality of the so treated yarns to form a cord having the desired twist characteristics.

.23. The method of constructing a cord,,for use in pneumatic tire casings which comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of unre'generated cellulosefiber yarns to form a multi-ply yarn,

removing the oils and waxes from the fibers and swelling the cellulose thereof by mercerizing the so formed-yams while subjecting the yarns. to sufiicient tension to efiect the maximum permissible permanent elongation of the yarns, the yarn being held under tension through thermercerizing treatment and until dry, and thereafter twisting together a plurality of the so treated yarns to form a cord havingthe desired twist characteristics.

24. An unregenerated cellulose yarn for use in tire cords and the like, said yarn being substantially identical with the product. produced by the method of claim 1. 1.

25. An unregenerated cellulose yarn for use in tire cords and the like-said yarn being substantially identical with the product produced by the method of claim 2.

26. An nnregenerated cellulose yarn for use intire cords and the like,- said yarn being substantially identical with the product produced by the comprises loosely twisting together a plurality of method of claim 3.

yarn, removing the oils and waxes 6 27. An unregenerated cellulose 'yarn for use in tire cords and the like, said yarn being substantially identical with th product produced by the method of claim 4.

28. An unregenerated cellulose yarn for use in tire cords and the like, said yarn being substantially'identical with the product produced by the method of claim'7.

29. A cord constructed of unregenerated cel lulose yarns, said cord being substantially iden- .ticai with the product produced by the method I 01' claim 9, and having a stretch-at ten pounds and the like. said cord being substantially identical with the product produced by the method of claim 15.

33. A cord for use in pneumatic tire casin s and the like, said cord beina substantialy identical with the product produced by the method of claim 18.

84. A cord for use in pneumatic tire casinzs and the like. said cord being mbstantlally identical with the product produced by the method oi claim 21. v

35. A cord for use. in pneumatic tire casings and the menu cord being substantially identied with the product produced by the method of claim 22.

38; A cord for use. in pneumatic tire casings and the like, said cord being substantially identical with the product produced by the method oi claim 23.

ALBERT W. HANSEN. WlLLJLAM F. GUINAN. 

